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Posted: Sun Jan 7th, 2007 03:37 am |
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LCR - Thanks for refreshing earlier entries. Unfortunately nothing you have copied contains either a premonition or a prediction. Perhaps you should check the definitions of these words before you use them. Good try.
You don't apparently know anything about the agency and little about state government. I know it might be difficult but try not to be critical of things that you don't know or understand. Your life might be better for it.
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Posted: Sun Jan 7th, 2007 01:31 am |
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Maybe these will refresh your memory....... You know nothing but think you do. Get a life and a job.
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LCR - Another thoughtful entry. I didn't know I made premonitions or predictions. Care to name a few ... if its not to taxing for you.
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Posted: Sun Jan 7th, 2007 01:30 am |
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How about this one from a year ago?
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I heard today the the Governor's office slapped a hiring freeze on DEDO. The DEDO director has been hiring people left and right for fear that empty positions are in jeopardy. She may be right.
As of today, DEDO is the only agency without a budget for the next fiscal year. The Joint Finance Committee, co-chaired by Representative DiPinto and Senator Cook, has its finger on the trigger. It has a number of options regarding DEDO. Approve the requested budget, approve a budget that removes all unfilled positions, approve a budget that removes the salaries or positions for the director and her side kicks, or not approve a budget at all - dooming the office.
This committee, along with the Bond Bill committee is also working on saving other professionals in DEDO.
I hope that the JFC approves a budget without the salaries or positions for the director and her side kicks.
If you believe this is appropriate action, please contact Senator Cook (nancy.cook@state.de.us) and Representative DiPinto (joseph.dipinto@state.de.us) and petition them to legislative remove DEDO management and provide enhanced severance packages for the DEDO 10. Please do this as soon as possible.
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Posted: Sun Jan 7th, 2007 01:28 am |
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How about this one from last April?
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Around the water cooler in DEDO:
I wonder when we will hear the results of the state auditor's four week investigation? I heard the director initially refused an exit interview with the auditors.
I wonder who will do the credit and financial analysis of loan and bond requests now that there are no financial professionals left in the office?
I wonder if the director will bother to go to the huge Bio conference in Chicago? After all isn't biotechnology the growing cluster in Delaware.
I wonder if the director personnally made the large DEDO contribution she promised to the new BioSciences Association? This must have been fun considering one of the fired DEDO 10 was just named President of this association by its members.
I wonder who is handling marketing since all three marketing professionals are gone?
I wonder when the legislature will hold promised public hearings that will expose the truth? We hear the administration is trying everything it can to have these hearings postponed.
I wonder if effected employees will band together to take legal action over what happened to them last year and earlier this year?
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Posted: Sun Jan 7th, 2007 01:26 am |
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Then there is this one ayear ago.....nothing happened.....
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The good news!
Honewell is placing a data center in New Castle. It will create about 100 new jobs.
The bad news!
DEDO had nothing to do with this other than provide the funds at the request of New Castle County. DEDO management had no knowledge of this deal and it was purposely not brought to them.
The contact came from outside DEDO. There is no press release on the Governor's website about this good news and the last meaningful press release about a economic development project on DEDO's website is from last August.
At the rate this is going, unless this management is removed quickly, they could be turning the lights out on this agency!
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Posted: Sun Jan 7th, 2007 01:23 am |
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How about this one?
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Well the Director is back from four weeks vacation. Hope she is well rested and ready for the criminal prosecution that could and should be announced by the attorney general any day now!
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Posted: Sat Jan 6th, 2007 11:04 pm |
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| LCR - Another thoughtful entry. I didn't know I made premonitions or predictions. Care to name a few ... if its not to taxing for you.
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Posted: Sat Jan 6th, 2007 10:55 pm |
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| Not a single one of your premonitions or predictions has come to light. Get real.
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Posted: Sat Jan 6th, 2007 06:21 pm |
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Everyone, please cross your fingers. RAM and one if not two members of our congressional delegation are flying to Detroit this weekend for what could be a final plea to keep the Chrysler plant open. I guess we will all find out in a few weeks.
LCR - If I am getting boring for you, why bother responding? Here's an idea, try contributing something logical instead of uninformed, cynical criticism. This string is read by people interested in ending the professional decline of one of the state's most important agencies and that means removing the management.
As for the director running for a house seat, as I mentioned earlier, this will probably require the retirement of a state senator. If the voters in the director's district would like to elect someone who is on record as lying to the JFC, who according to published information has broken state bid laws, who has almost destroyed a high-performing state agency, who has comparatively broken the bank with outlandish grants and loans and who has lost credibility with many local business, banking, educational and scientific leaders, then that is who they will put on the back bench in the house two years from now.
Oh Director Cherry - where is that $1 million low interest loan program for latino owned businesses you promised at dinner a few weeks ago. Do you really think those people will forget? I am sure you checked with your lawyer before you promised this program to ensure that it would not be considered an illegal set aside.
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Posted: Sat Jan 6th, 2007 06:00 pm |
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| Show em the evidence at lookingupthekilt.myblog.com
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Posted: Sat Jan 6th, 2007 12:05 pm |
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| LCR............if only you knew.................
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Posted: Sat Jan 6th, 2007 07:14 am |
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LCR wrote: You seem to hold a very high opinion of your worth to the State. Maybe one day you will earn your paycheck and quit complaining about the things you should be able to control. You have become boring with your predictions that never come to fruition.
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Well the number is now 41 positions out of a possible 50 as the DEDO director terminated an employee she hired about six months ago to replace one of the competent employees who was fired during the Bastille Day Massacre on July 14, 2005.
Just nine more terminations or resignations and you can turn over the entire office during your term! You go director!
I find this interesting because the director, in question, has been mentioned as a possible candidate for state representative office in the Middletown district. Keep on it Blue hen.
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Posted: Sat Jan 6th, 2007 02:45 am |
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You seem to hold a very high opinion of your worth to the State. Maybe one day you will earn your paycheck and quit complaining about the things you should be able to control. You have become boring with your predictions that never come to fruition.
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Well the number is now 41 positions out of a possible 50 as the DEDO director terminated an employee she hired about six months ago to replace one of the competent employees who was fired during the Bastille Day Massacre on July 14, 2005.
Just nine more terminations or resignations and you can turn over the entire office during your term! You go director!
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Posted: Sat Jan 6th, 2007 02:25 am |
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Well the number is now 41 positions out of a possible 50 as the DEDO director terminated an employee she hired about six months ago to replace one of the competent employees who was fired during the Bastille Day Massacre on July 14, 2005.
Just nine more terminations or resignations and you can turn over the entire office during your term! You go director!
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Posted: Fri Jan 5th, 2007 03:34 pm |
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| oops, its lookingupthekilt.myblog.com
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Posted: Wed Jan 3rd, 2007 01:16 am |
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I found an interesting site that some may be interested in. It's called lookingupthekilt and can be found at lookingupthekile.myblog.com
The originator is someone by the name of Aiden who can be reached at bluehenbuddy@hotmail.com
I'm told this site is a pure whistleblower and informer site that will have direct links to those that can make a change. Use it to provide information that will cause those who fail to serve the public good to fall.
Happy 2007
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Posted: Fri Dec 29th, 2006 05:59 pm |
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Happy New Year to the DEDO staff and alumni!!
Unless something is done today, which is possible but seems unlikely, the completed review of contract law breaking at DEDO will apparently be waiting in the in box for Beau Biden. Let's see if the outgoing attorney general becomes the head of corrections.
I sincerely hope that the Chrysler jobs can be saved and without some rediculous incentive supported by an economic model run with rediculous assumptions (any multiplier used in these models greater than seven is not valid). At least the congressional delegation has been working non-stop on this challenge for months.
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Posted: Fri Dec 29th, 2006 01:46 pm |
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| Disgusted - It is interesting that there are still so many jobs open at DEDO. About 14% of the active positions are open last time I lookes. Perhaps candidates are reading this string or talking to business, education leaders and/or legislators in Delaware and then deciding appropriately about taking an offer from this Director. The other factor is that there are only two years to go and hopefully the new director will remove all the remaining incompetent, unethical management.
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Posted: Fri Dec 29th, 2006 02:39 am |
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The Blue Hen wrote: In order to prevent additional possible firings, three good staff members were transferred legislatively to OMB.
Since this is not a merit shop, employees don't want to ask management anything that might cause retributions.
Why do you think there are so many hits on this string? Could it be that it is an outlet for staff?
Now I know why I didn't get hired for the position at OMB for which I interviewed! 
There have been several DEDO job openings posted on the state list over the last few weeks. I wonder what responses they're getting.
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Posted: Fri Dec 29th, 2006 01:40 am |
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In addition to the fact that some folks simply work better with outside noise largely shut out, there are times when personnel matters are discussed. I know of no state employee who would appreciate being chewed out by the Director with everyone in the office hearing, and I also know of no person in authority who would humiliate a subordinate to his or her peers by going public with a "dressing down." Grievances and legal action would follow, guaranteed.
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Posted: Fri Dec 29th, 2006 01:40 am |
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Lets see ... paranoia is an irrational fear. Based on what this director has done, DEDO employees are not paranoid but legitimately fearful of any bizarre behavior by management. This director fired 20% of her staff and demoted another on one day. 40 out of 50 positions have turned over (including the 10 she fired and others) since this director was appointed. In order to prevent additional possible firings, three good staff members were transferred legislatively to OMB.
Since this is not a merit shop, employees don't want to ask management anything that might cause retributions.
Why do you think there are so many hits on this string? Could it be that it is an outlet for staff?
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Posted: Fri Dec 29th, 2006 12:51 am |
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| Did any of you ask why, or do you just prefer to bitch and feel paranoid?
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Posted: Thu Dec 28th, 2006 11:18 pm |
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To better complete work that requires concentration. That is why many state office buildings have offices and all the offices have doors. Do you think RAM keeps the door to her office open all the time while she is working in one of her three offices?
Why would anyone spend tax payer money to put small windows in the doors? It certainly is not to let light in!
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Posted: Wed Dec 27th, 2006 12:09 am |
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| Why are your doors closed in a State Office during business Hours?
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Posted: Sat Dec 23rd, 2006 07:47 pm |
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Bigg_Dogg - What do you think was management's reason for putting the spy holes, I mean, small windows in each office door? Are windows being put in the two remaining occupied offices in Wilmington? What do you think the cost to the taxpayers was to wall off the old international group in Wilmington? The DEDO director is responsible for all of these costs.
We all are praying that the outgoing AG does the right thing and does not punt the investigation to the incoming AG!
Merry Christmas to the long suffering DEDO staff!
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Posted: Sat Dec 23rd, 2006 02:56 am |
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Merry Christmas to all! DEDO has given all you wonderful taxpayers a really great present. The Director hired a contractor to install 4" x 12" windows in all the inside doors in the office! 25 in all. This really worthwhile expenditure of your state tax dollars will lead to new economic development projects, lots of new jobs for Delaware citizens and a new direction in strategic planning. And just when you thought it didn't get any better....there are plans to replace a large plexiglass awning on one end of the building....just to make the building look more modern. And you thought there was a budget deficit!
I'm sorry if I've been sarcastic, fellow readers. This is really "Economics According to Dr. Evil". No better way to ensure employment for Delawareans than to hire someone to do remodeling, and tell the press you are creating new jobs!
You go girl!
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It is better to have an innocent citizen proceed with the FOIA request. The first defense of a boss is always: it is a disgruntled employee. This damages the credibility of the damaging evidence whenever and if it ever, surfaces. An outsider, who does not have any connection to the office is in a better position to make sure the evidence is more readily absorbed by the media and its readers. Where there is light, the roaches run.
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Posted: Wed Dec 13th, 2006 11:26 pm |
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| Try reading the statute. I don't think it applies in this case - but good thought!
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Posted: Wed Dec 13th, 2006 10:24 pm |
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| You can do it and be protected under the whistleblower act. Be a hero instead of a gossip.
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Posted: Wed Dec 13th, 2006 06:01 pm |
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LCR - You're correct. The study could be foiaed, but I like my job - so maybe you could do it? Of course it would be better if a legislator did it.
Regarding DEDO, it has been 17 months since the director fired 10 good employees behind the legislature's back. According to DEDO's own website there are still seven vacancies of the 48 positions listed. This is a vacancy rate in excess of 14%. Most professional organizations would have a difficult time operating successfully with this level of open positions.
Two of these positions are critical, the director of markets and the bio-sciences cluster leader. See DEDO's website below to verify the numbers.
http://www.state.de.us/dedo/contact.shtml
The director has run through three bio-sciences cluster leaders in the last two years. Why is that? She apparently could not find a capital markets director having lost two so she moved a demoted senior employee into this job.
Lets all hope that Carl Danberg will do the right thing in the face of obvious pressure.
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Posted: Sat Dec 2nd, 2006 03:26 pm |
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| The results are part of the public domain. If you want to know what was in it, request it under FOI.
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Well there was another surreal meeting yesterday in DEDO. Apparently the agency went out and hired another consultant to interview focus groups in all three counties about how DEDO was doing. I wonder how much this waste-of-taxpayer-money cost? The consultant set up focus groups in all three counties. It would interesting to know who showed up for the focus groups.
Results were to be discussed at the meeting. The Director didn't bother to show up for the meeting and the results were not shared. The suspicion is that the Director was not happy with the results. The staff, some of whom actually participated in the process, was upset and disappointed. However, many were not surprised as they believe the Director will modify the results to reduce the negative tone, especially about how DEDO treats small business.
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Delaware's sunset committee will be composed of 5 state senators and 5 house of delagates and will be appointed by the president pro tempora of the senate and the speaker of the house respectively.
No more than 3 of each political party can be chosen from each branch.
However the terms are staggered so not less than two or more than three spots from each house are expired at the same time.
No member can serve more than two terms.
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| Too early to tell who the members of the Joint Sunset Committee will be. There is a new General Assembly Session starting in January, the 144th I think. With the elections just having taken place, many new committee members will be selected.
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| who are the members of the sunset committe? Perhaps they need to get massive calls and e mails from the citizens re: what is taking so long to get answers and to get to the bottom of Dedo. When are they scheduled to meet again? At one time I truly believed in this committee. Now ???
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Baken mentioned something in an earlier post about the Joint Sunset Committee.
Timing is everything in life, the DEDO director was about 30 minutes away from having to answer some very tough questions from this committee at its last hearing on the Council on Development Finance - CDF. A scheduled public meeting in the early evening last May was cancelled 30 minutes prior to start time as the Senate went into emergency session to handle the Christina School District budget crisis. The meeting was not rescheduled during the session.
Members of this committee had substantial written evidence that the Director was apparently using excessive amounts of Strategic Funds on deals, had not followed specific, important advice provided by the CDF, even though she publicly stated that she always followed CDF recommendations, and then did not protect the state properly in document negotiations.
I hope the Sunset Committee convenes again soon to gather all information necessary to draft a final report on the CDF and while they are doing it - expose some serious fiscal irresponsibility. The committee's interim report is on the state website.
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LCR wrote: That's a no brainer... the Governor's office is being shopped too. You must be a career politician... with thinking that strong you might make it in a new Republican Administration that accomplishes something in this State.
The Election results prove that a Conservative thinker must clean up in Kent and Sussex counties, and at least break even in non-Wilmington New Castle County. They have zero chance of winning in Wilmington itself. Mike Castle, hardly a textbook Conservative, lost by about 3000 votes to Spivack in Wilmington proper.
With less than 1/3 of Delaware's registered voters doing so under the Elephant banner, it's going to be an uphill battle vs. the Donkeys in 2008. John Carney is the presumptive Democrat nominee, and he was returned to office in 2004 with 62% of the vote. (RAM was re-elected with barely 51%. Yes, we were that close to having big time divided government! A Republican Governor, a second term Democratic Lt. Governor who would be his party's nominee in the next cycle...hoo boy, what fun that would have been!)
For sure, this would not have been a Mike Castle-S.B. Woo situation from 20 years ago.
Carney will be hard to beat, probably impossible, for there are no Conservatives having the necessary statewide constituencies needed to pull off a victory - at least, as I compose this. However, as for me, he'll have to answer where he was during all the messes of the Minner Misadministrations. It's not just DEDO, it's also the State Police, among others. I doubt that Carney will address any of this because he has nothing to gain and everything to lose if he does, and will simply refuse to take questions from anyone, reporter or us common citizens, who will ask or he suspects will ask.
Yet he'll get elected anyway because NCC votes Donkey, especially the majority of those living in Wilmington. Those folks would vote for a rusted out 1982 Chevy Malibu with a blown engine and transmission if it were a Democratic candidate.
Conservative thinkers should concentrate on the General Assembly. Getting control of both houses would limit what a Socialist Governor could do, because of the lawmaking power of the Legislature. Chief Executives don't make law, elected legislators do.
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| If you think Beau Joe will prosecute one of his own you are living with blinders on. Beau Joe is not going to do anything to distract the Dems in Delaware. His is the puppet of a pimp.
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Dogg - You might be right. Many of us were hoping that the Director was going to run this time around but a certain senator did not retire, which, if he had, would ironically have created a vacancy in the House.
So far there have been no takers for the DEDO director's job, not surprising as I think most quality candidates will think twice about stepping into the mess for the 25 months remaining in this administration.
The other possibility is that Beau Biden actually prosecutes - but I realize this is a stretch because of his party affiliation and as I believe he was a fund raiser for RAM. Oh well - maybe he will surprise us all and come up big!
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Posted: Mon Nov 20th, 2006 01:03 pm |
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| Be careful Hen. The Director may be getting ready to run for a House seat in two years. The Director has an eye for a desk in Leg Hall.
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| That's a no brainer... the Governor's office is being shopped too. You must be a career politician... with thinking that strong you might make it in a new Republican Administration that accomplishes something in this State.
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Well LCR - maybe you do know product prices at Starbucks. Keep trying to add facts to your cynical comments. Even you might be able to add some value to this string.
Hey DEDO Director!! Better polish up that resume, the Hen has heard that your job is being shopped by the Governor's office. Help may be on the way for the long suffering staff!
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| Oh wow.......that endorsement and $3 gets you a mocha latte grande at Starbucks.
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LCR wrote: How would you?
LCR:
You can take it to the bank that Blue Hen knows all about this.
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| I was around at the time.
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While I lament the loss of another significant employer, I can't help but think that someone would step in and take advantage of the plant, personnel and equipment. Maybe Toyota, Honda, Nissan or another European manufacturer, like Daimler-Chrysler, might be interested. I really have no problem with any automotive company stepping in to take over the plant. DK seems to not be able to flourish so perhaps it would be best if someone else took over. How many did that plant employ at one time? I'm not sure of the exact number but I do believe it was many, many more than is employed there today.
I know a number of folks who have made their living, and still do, assembling cars. Unfortunately, theirs is a make-believe artificial economy that was doomed to its' present state. The writing was on the wall starting in the 60's when manufacturers started to move their assembly operations to Mexico and other foreign shores. The UAW and the car companies, fat and happy in their magical wonderous world, paid little attention to what was happening to others who were employed in the electronics, steel and many other industries which no longer exist in this country. They expect us to "buy American" to help their lost cause and try to shore up their failing industries. I've been turning a deaf ear since members of my family lost their jobs many years ago while the UAW and Automobile manufacturers turned their deaf ear to the plight of millions of folks who slowly saw their level of living disintegrate. Now they expect us to buy their overpriced toys which we can no longer afford since we all have jobs in our service economy.
Although my family was able to pull themselves through the bad times, I know of many, mostly older workers, who weren't. They entered retirement barely able to subsist and certainly unable to buy a new car.
I'm sorry if I sound a bit bitter here but I really find it hard to sympathize with a group who had no sympathy for other union brothers during their hard times, continuing to demand more from their employers. I guess when the last American car rolls off the assembly line we can cry our tears over what we've lost. Meanwhile, buy those Toyotas, Nissans, Hondas, etc. They'll look good in your driveway -- as good as the Sony, Sanyo, Panasonic and other foreign electronics look in your living room.
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Posted: Thu Nov 16th, 2006 01:50 am |
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Posted: Thu Nov 16th, 2006 01:49 am |
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| How would you know what Carper did or didn't do?
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Posted: Thu Nov 16th, 2006 01:46 am |
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| Yeah, Carper offered his prowess to the plant manager's secretary.............He get's zero credit for that save.
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I agree that this is an uphill battle, but don't forget GM formally announced the closure of its Delaware assembly plant back in the early 90s and this decision was reversed through substantial action by the employees and considerable effort by then Governor Carper.
We have to try. The economic impact of losing this plant will be substantial.
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